Lee’s Summit offers award-winning hospitals

Lee’s Summit hospitals offer quality care, and have earned several awards.

▪ Name: Lee’s Summit Medical Center

Affiliation/ownership: HCA Midwest Health

Address: 2100 S.E. Blue Parkway, Lee’s Summit

Phone: 816-282-5000

Website: leessummitmedicalcenter.com

Leessummitmedicalcenter.com

Number of beds: 64

Specialties: Level III Trauma Center; Primary Stroke Center; Accredited Chest Pain Center

Administrator: Matt Sogard, CEO

Comment: Lee’s Summit Medical Center was named the 2017 Lee’s Summit Chamber Business of the Year for businesses with 20 or more employees. Lee’s Summit Medical Center recently achieved the Pathway to Excellence designation, which recognizes nation-leading communication with our nursing team. All services are supported by a medical staff of more than 300 physicians who represent more than 40 specialties.

▪ Name: Saint Luke’s East Hospital

Affiliation/ownership: Saint Luke’s Health System

Address: 100 N.E. Saint Luke’s Boulevard, Lee’s Summit

Phone: 816-347-5000

Website: www.saintlukeshealthsystem.org/locations/saint-lukes-east-hospital

Number of beds: 203

Specialties: Nationally accredited Breast Center with 3-D mammography; Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute with services including CardioScan, diagnostic imaging, cardiac catheterization lab and 24/7 heart attack care; Advanced Primary Stroke Center

Administrator: Ron Baker

Comment: Saint Luke’s East Hospital sets the standard for patient satisfaction: It’s ranked in the top five for patient satisfaction in the Kansas City area for the past 10 years, according to the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems. And it ranks in the top 10 percent in heart attack outcomes. Since opening in 2006, the hospital has continually grown to meet the area’s needs with expansions every year from 2007 to 2016.

This story was originally published July 24, 2017 at 1:33 PM with the headline "Lee’s Summit offers award-winning hospitals."